The Official Radio Friendly Pop Music Thread

[jnevi9nr]

Who likes playing those radio friendly pop songs at your gigs?

Im talking about artists like these folks:

MJ - Thriller CD
Lady Gaga
Eagles - Hotel Cali
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Shania Twain
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill cd
Bruce Springsteen
Madonna
Bon Jovi
U2
Oasis
Black Eye Peas
Lionel Ritchie
Prince
George Michael
Elton John
Billy Joel
Phil Collins
Hall and Oates
Dire Straits
Blondie
Bryan Adams
Beach Boys
Police
Britney
Justin Timberlake
No Doubt
Creed
Aerosmith
Journey
Limp Bizkit

[jnevi9nr]

any thoughts on the pop music of the last 30 years?

[jnevi9nr]

Lady Gaga special on last night. I think it was like an 8 hour block of videos and interviews with the next Madonna.

[jnevi9nr]

wow, not a lot of people playing pop music at concerts. thats sort of sad consider its what people are listening to on the radio.

[jnevi9nr]

Top 10 Albums Of The Decade By Billboard

# Title Artist Label
1 NO STRINGS ATTACHED 'N Sync Jive/Zomba
2 CONFESSIONS Usher LaFace/Zomba
3 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem Web/Aftermath/Interscope
4 COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones Blue Note
5 HUMAN CLAY Creed Wind-up
6 OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN Britney Spears Jive/Zomba
7 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP Eminem Web/Aftermath/Interscope
8 1 The Beatles Apple/Capitol
9 SUPERNATURAL Santana Arista
10 COUNTRY GRAMMAR Nelly Fo' Reel/Universal/UMRG

Top 10 Artists Of The Decade By Billboard

1 EMINEM
2 USHER
3 NELLY
4 BEYONCE
5 ALICIA KEYS
6 50 CENT
7 NICKELBACK
8 BRITNEY SPEARS
9 DESTINY'S CHILD
10 JAY-Z

iTunes Top 10 Albums Of 2009

ALBUMS
1. Kings of Leon, Only by the Night
2. Twilight
3. Lady Gaga, The Fame
4. Taylor Swift, Fearless
5. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
6. The Essential Michael Jackson
7. The Fray, The Fray
8. Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3
9. Eminem, Relapse
10. Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)

top 15 songs from 2009:

1 Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys), "Empire State of Mind" Mentions: 89
2 Phoenix, "1901" Mentions: 81
3 Animal Collective, "My Girls" ** Mentions: 77
4 Grizzly Bear, "Two Weeks" ** Mentions: 66
5 Dirty Projectors, "Stillness Is the Move" Mentions: 64
6 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Zero" Mentions: 59
7 Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance" Mentions: 51
8 Girls, "Lust for Life" Mentions: 42
9 Phoenix, "Lisztomania" Mentions: 42
10 Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me" * 41
11 Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi" Mentions: 36
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Heads Will Roll" ** Mentions: 29
13 Lady Gaga, "Poker Face" ** Mentions: 28
14 Maxwell, "Pretty Wings" Mentions: 27
15 Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody" *Mentions: 27

Top 25 Digital Albums Of All-Time

1 LADY GAGA FAME 826,411
2 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 785,463
3 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 667,070
4 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 629,450
5 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 616,540
6 EMINEM RECOVERY 616,118
7 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 499,830
8 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 476,606
9 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 406,478
10 JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 391,980
11 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 390,583
12 JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 3 386,118
13 JOHNSON*JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 375,964
14 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 373,378
15 VARIOUS HOPE FOR HAITI 371,341
16 CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 362,862
17 JUNO SOUNDTRACK 355,779
18 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 354,042
19 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 353,580
20 FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 351,382
21 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 345,429
22 WEST*KANYE GRADUATION 345,136
23 KE$HA ANIMAL 339,353
24 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 337,722
25 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN 336,963

[jnevi9nr]

essentially narrowing it down to:

LADY GAGA FAME 826,411
COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 785,463
SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 667,070
KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 616,540
BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 499,830
MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 476,606
DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 406,478
JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 391,980
WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 390,583
JOHNSON*JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 375,964
MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 354,042
MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 353,580
FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 351,382
TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 345,429
MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN 336,963
COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones Blue Note
HUMAN CLAY Creed Wind-up
1 The Beatles Apple/Capitol
SUPERNATURAL Santana Arista
BEYONCE
ALICIA KEYS
NICKELBACK
BRITNEY SPEARS
DESTINY'S CHILD
The Essential Michael Jackson

[jnevi9nr]

i want to know why you all dont play the music that people are listening to.

[midbass]

Originally Posted by jnevi9nr

i want to know why you all dont play the music that people are listening to.

Because it doesn't push the bassist "snob" in them.

[jnevi9nr]

thats what it sounds like. I think people would get a lot more work if they played what their customers wanted to hear.

"i know all you folks out there love the new kings of leon, but we are going to bust out some 70s Rush for you"

*crowd slowly drifts towards the door the second the first note of Tom Sawyer is struck.

[Moogeddy]

This thread makes me want to vomit.

Don't get me wrong lots of the bands mentioned, but the overall consensus is really not to my liking.

[jnevi9nr]

it doesnt matter what you like, the audience has paid and has to listen to you. play some kings of leon. they will like it.

[jnevi9nr]

more submissions for the club:

franz - take me out
strokes - last night
timberlake - cry river
yeah - maps
mgmt - time to pretend
mia - paper planes
gnarls - crazy
beyonce - crazy in love
rihanna - umbrella
winehouse - rehab
chris brown - forever
lady gag - paparazzi
lcd soundsystem - playing at my house
daft punk - one more time